[Rhodes22-list] [humor] Newest Nigerian scam...

[John Lock]

Dear American Taxpayer:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship 
with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. My country 
has had a crisis that has caused the need for a large transfer of 
funds of 800 billion dollars US. If you would assist me in this 
transfer, it would be most profitable to you.

I am working with Mr. Phil Gramm, lobbyist for UBS, who will be my 
replacement as Ministry of the Treasury in January.  As a Senator, 
you may know him as the leader of the American banking deregulation 
movement in the 1980s.

Let me assure you that this transaction is 100% safe.

This is a matter of great urgency. We need a blank check. We need the 
funds as quickly as possible. We cannot directly transfer these funds 
in the names of our close friends because we are constantly under 
surveillance. My family lawyer advised me that I should look for a 
reliable and trustworthy person who will act as a next of friend so 
the funds can be transferred.

Please reply with all of your bank account, IRA and college fund 
account numbers and those of your children and grandchildren to 
wallstreetbailout at treasury.gov 
<mailto:wallstreetbailout at treasury.gov> so that we may transfer your 
commission for this transaction. After I receive that information, I 
will respond with detailed information about safeguards that will be 
used to protect the funds.

Yours Faithfully
Henry "Hank" Paulson
Minister of Treasury